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Advanced discussion configurations
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Teams
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.. seealso::  This is documented in more detail in |open_edX_Docs_link1| of the Open edX official Documentation.

  .. |open_edX_Docs_link1| raw:: html

     <a href="https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/open-edx-building-and-running-a-course/en/open-release-lilac.master/course_features/teams/index.html#including-teams" target="_blank">This section</a>


Discussion blackout dates
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.. seealso::  This is documented in more detail in |open_edX_Docs_link2| of the Open edX official Documentation.

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     <a href="https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/open-edx-building-and-running-a-course/en/open-release-lilac.master/manage_discussions/running_discussions.html#specify-when-discussions-are-closed" target="_blank">This section</a>


Additional Course wide Discussion topics
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.. seealso::  This is documented in more detail in |open_edX_Docs_link3| of the Open edX official Documentation.

  .. |open_edX_Docs_link3| raw:: html

     <a href="https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/open-edx-building-and-running-a-course/en/open-release-lilac.master/manage_discussions/discussions.html#create-course-wide-discussion-topics" target="_blank">This section</a>


Divided discussion topics
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Discussions in a course by default will include all course participants, but they can also be configured to be divided by groups, either by cohorts or by enrollment track.

.. seealso::  This is documented in more detail in |open_edX_Docs_link4| of the Open edX official Documentation.

  .. |open_edX_Docs_link4| raw:: html

     <a href="https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/open-edx-building-and-running-a-course/en/open-release-lilac.master/manage_discussions/set_up_divided_discussions.html#about-divided-discussion-topics" target="_blank">This section</a>